About James Gimzewski
Born 1951. James Gimzewski is a British physicist, university teacher and chemist.
Education and early life
Gimzewski was born in Glasgow to Polish World War II war veteran Edmund Gimzewski. He earned his undergraduate degree in 1974 and PhD in 1977 from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Until February 2001, he was a group leader at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, where he was involved in nanoscale science since 1983. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA, where he conducts research and advises graduate students in his PicoLab. He is also the faculty director of the Nano & Pico Characterization core lab at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA.
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Who is James Gimzewski?
Scottish physicist of Polish descent
When was James Gimzewski born?
James Gimzewski was born in 1951 in Glasgow.
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James Gimzewski is a physicist, university teacher and chemist.
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James Gimzewski is British.
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